telefilm

[ tel-uh-film ]

noun

1. a motion picture intended primarily to be shown on television.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telefilm¹

First recorded in 1935–40; tele(vision) + film

Example Sentences

Indeed, the imprint of the original production, memorialized in a telefilm recording of a 1980 tour stop in Los Angeles, is unavoidable.

From New York Times

Champion won an Emmy for her choreography in the 1975 telefilm “Queen of the Stardust Ballroom.”

From Fox News

Back in 2006, Milch and HBO announced plans to wrap up the series in a pair of telefilms; that didn’t happen.

From The Verge

Smith has crafted dramatic pieces around other historical figures: His solo work “A Huey P. Newton Story,” which he brought to Woolly in 1996, was turned into an award-winning telefilm.

From Washington Post

The telefilm of his life, “Door to Door,” was broadcast on TNT in 2002 to favorable notices.

From New York Times